Type, rather than number, of mental and physical comorbidities increases the severity of symptoms in patients with irritable bowel syndrome

Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) has significant mental and physical comorbidities. However, little is known about the day-to-day burden these comorbidities place on quality of life (QOL), physical and mental function, distress, and symptoms of patients. We collected cross-sectional data from 175 pati...

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Published in:	Clinical gastroenterology and hepatology Vol. 11; no. 9; p. 1147
Main Authors:	Lackner, Jeffrey M, Ma, Chang-Xing, Keefer, Laurie, Brenner, Darren M, Gudleski, Gregory D, Satchidanand, Nikhil, Firth, Rebecca, Sitrin, Michael D, Katz, Leonard, Krasner, Susan S, Ballou, Sarah K, Naliboff, Bruce D, Mayer, Emeran A
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States 01.09.2013
Subjects:	Abdominal Pain - complications Adolescent Adult Aged Comorbidity Cross-Sectional Studies Female Humans Irritable Bowel Syndrome - pathology Irritable Bowel Syndrome - psychology Male Mental Disorders - complications Middle Aged Quality of Life Severity of Illness Index Young Adult PCS Irritable Bowel Syndrome Outcome Study low back pain global severity index Irritable Bowel Syndrome Symptom Severity Scale National Institutes of Health MDD MINI International Neuropsychiatric Interview generalized anxiety disorder major depression disorder BSI Transdiagnostic Mental Functioning IBS LBP GSI IBSOS DSM Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders GI Brief Symptom Inventory Comorbidity irritable bowel syndrome SF-12 12-item Short Form GAD NIH Health-Related Quality of Life IBS-SSS Stress QOL gastrointestinal GERD MINI HRQOL SF-12 Physical Component Score MCS quality of life Chronic Disease SF-12 Mental Component Score gastroesophageal reflux disease
ISSN:	1542-7714, 1542-7714
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